F16FLCS-SME Posted November 27, 2020 Posted November 27, 2020 What does the F2 Infobar actually shows? or meant to show? Is it a direct replicated readout from the aircraft instrument? Or is it the current state of variables from the simulation and physics engine? I ask because sometimes the infobar shows numbers I know for a fact the aircraft can't measure or display in its instruments.
Flappie Posted November 27, 2020 Posted November 27, 2020 Is it a direct replicated readout from the aircraft instrument? This, answer B. What you read in the F2 infobar is what really happens in the sim. ---
F16FLCS-SME Posted November 27, 2020 Author Posted November 27, 2020 But sometimes I see on the ground the AOA reaching up to +180 degrees and down to -180 degrees. The aircraft AOA transmitters can only measure a total range of 70 degrees. So, is it a bug or somehing else?
Flappie Posted November 27, 2020 Posted November 27, 2020 My bad! :P I wanted to quote the real answer B: "is it the current state of variables from the simulation and physics engine?". Yes it is. As I said, what you read in the F2 infobar is what really happens in the sim. ---
Frederf Posted November 27, 2020 Posted November 27, 2020 Info bar shows direct simulation values and is unrestricted and unchanged by the particular manner the module chooses to display cockpit instruments. In other words any two modules which show the same altitude value in the info bar are at exactly the same y-value for position. If any two modules under the same conditions (atmosphere, position) show the same speed values they are equal in speed. The only slightly complicated readout is "IAS" which is a calculated idealized airspeed. It's a sort of Q measurement, dynamic pressure without Mach effects so is probably closest to EAS in aviation.
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